Network Architect

Position:- Network Architect

Location:- Pleasanton, CA

Duration: 12+ months

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Review consultation Requests and provide with Design / Engineering Solutions
• Capture Business Requirements, Create Business Case and document the information collected
• Baseline Current State Network and Connectivity and create architecture diagrams to incorporate the requirements.
• Create Projects Preliminary Scope and coordinate with the project management team
• Produce Technical Documentation (Network and Connectivity Diagrams, Infrastructure Diagrams, Technical Specifications)
• Support UAT and provide technical Signoff
• Training and hand-over to Run & Support team
• Commission / de-commission Network components
• Network Incident Management, Onsite Support, Inventory Management, Site Surveys
• This position best suits candidates with umbrella experience within IT, with strong networking knowledge.
• Basic operating system, programming language, and protocol knowledge, particularly legacy ones.
• A combination of technical and people skills. Self-directed and proactive. Aptitude for becoming an account manager for their customer environments.
• Defensive cybersecurity skills (incident response, tool deployment, firewall rule analysis, etc.) as well as offensive interrogation/discovery.
• Informal project coordination or formal project management experience.
• OT (Operational Technology)/Lab/Building Automation experience is preferred. Experience in ICS (industrial control system)/factory/plant settings.
• Service NOW and/or JIRA experience is a plus. Knowledge of ITSM principles.
• Data analysis and transformation. Awk/sed/grep, RegEx, or similar are a plus.
• The infrastructure skills are largely not hands-on. Typically, we are documenting and communicating with other teams what needs to be done.
• Good Communications Skills, and able to drive and deliver the tasks individually.